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| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6918 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 4 31 March 2012 at 3:42pm | IP Logged |
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My apologies if this is a duplicate post:
What Makes a Polyglot? What do Polyglots Think? Love this part: "Do you, or most polyglots, have some type of mental disorder, such as autism or obsessive compulsive disorder? " Edited by translator2 on 31 March 2012 at 3:46pm 6 persons have voted this message useful | |
| squonk Groupie United States Joined 4745 days ago 44 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Irish | Message 2 of 4 31 March 2012 at 4:02pm | IP Logged |
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And I love AA's answer to that question:
"Unfortunately, I do have to say that I, as a relatively 'prominent' polyglot, am contacted by an inordinate number of other self-identifying polyglots who do seem to be more-or-less 'unbalanced.'" 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| schoenewaelder Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5559 days ago 759 posts - 1197 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 3 of 4 31 March 2012 at 4:49pm | IP Logged |
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If Christophe Clugstone was counting English as one of the languages he speaks, then his total needs to be reduced by one.
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| Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5728 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 4 of 4 31 March 2012 at 5:59pm | IP Logged |
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I've seen some of Christophe Clugston's videos and responses to videos on YouTube (I'm not a fan). He called Steve Kaufman a fake and an anti-intellectual for using the term "linguist" to describe language learners, and he also told this one learner that he'd never get a native Spanish accent while living in the US.
It doesn't really surprise me that the guy's counting his native language as one of the languages he learned. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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